Tuesday 30 August 2016

Kaspersky Academy Talent Lab - of interest to S&F stream

Kaspersky Academy Talent Lab is a skills-based contest with a variety of cutting-edge applied research topics for young professionals aged 18-30 who are interested in cybersecurity challenges facing the world.

There are 27 topics to choose from, covering both technical & non-technical aspects of cybersecurity.

The technical stream includes anti-malware research, development of cybersecurity solutions, mobile security, cyber-physical systems, the Internet of things, online safety for kids and security awareness.

The non-technical (creative) stream includes consumer marketing, web content analysis, conceptual design and edutainment.

All topics:
● are based on a realistic problem or challenge
● can be used as an original idea for an academic project or thesis
● are mentored by Kaspersky Lab experts

The participants are invited to win a trip to the international final in Prague & compete for:
● A $10 000 educational grant
● Participation at a professional Security Analyst Summit
● Participation in the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity

Information available at Kaspersky Academy Talent Lab

Thursday 11 August 2016

MSc students invited to submit work to AICS Irish AI conference

The 24th Irish Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science is taking place in Dublin on Sept 20th-21st.   MSc students are encouraged to consider submitting their dissertation work to the conference which has an MSc student track, see the Call for Papers.

Cenergise - Graduate Software Engineer

Cenergise is seeking to hire a Graduate Software Engineer.  The job advertisement is available  here